• Malcolm gets a job at a drug store.
  • He becomes friends with a smart high school student named Laura.
  • Then he tells her that his dream was to become a lawyer and Laura gives him support that he needs.
  • Laura is a great dancer but because her grandmother is strict she must fight to get out and dance.
  • They go to a dance-off and win over the crowd and Duke Ellington.
  • Malcolm soon fancies a white woman named Sophia.
  • He then later dances with her and dumps Laura.
  • Malcolm keeps Sophia as a status symbol.
  • Because she is white and attractive he becomes popular at night clubs and bars.
  • Then his half sister Ella disapproves so he moves to his best friends house Shorty.
  • After years past he hears about Laura breaking away from her grandmother.
  • Laura later then starts doing drugs and becomes a prostitute.
  • He later regrets himself for her falling out with her grandmother and ruining her life.